GRAY COUNTY (includes McLean)McLeanSights & Sites
●Devil’s Rope & Route 66 Museum – 100 Kingsley Street; 806-779-2225; barbwiremuseum.com;
●Phillips 66 station – 219 Gray Street (2 blocks west of Main Street); roadsideamerica.com/story/26409; Texas’ 1st Phillips 66 station, built in 1929.
●World War II Prisoner of War Camp Site – Exit 146 off I-40 (2 miles east of McLean, go north along County Road 5280 (county line road) for 1 mile for Texas Historical Commission Marker); theroute-66.com/mclean.html; camp on grounds of current municipal airport; some building remains can be seen from marker sign at roadside; POW camp at McLean formally known as Permanent Alien Internment Camp; construction began in September 1942 & 1st German prisoners arrived in July 1943; camp had almost 30 buildings that accommodated civilian & military personnel, as well as 3 compounds for POWs; other buildings included bachelor officers & nurses quarters, hospital, barber shop, theater, laundry, Post Exchange & fire department; 1st prisoners were captured in North Africa & fought in General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps; camp housed over 3K prisoners by October 1944; after war ended, camp closed in July 1945.

HEMPHILL COUNTY (includes Canadian)CanadianRestaurants
●Cattle Exchange – Main Street (at 2nd Street, in Moody Building); 806-323-6755; cookya.com; try steak and fries, with bread pudding for dessert.Sights & Sites
●Canadian River – North River Road, US 83 to Highway 70 (near Canadian); 22 miles driving (1 hour minimum) along river’s north bank; often no water for floating; Arkansas River’s largest tributary; rises in Sangre de Cristo Mountains in south Las Animas County, CO, near Raton Pass and boundary line with Colfax County, NM; flows south and southeast, separating Llano Estacado from north High Plains; roughly 760 miles long, of which about 190 miles is in TX; dammed to form Conchas and Ute reservoirs in northeast NM before entering TX at about Oldham County’s west boundary’s midpoint; crosses Panhandle, flowing east and northeast through Oldham, Potter, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, and Hemphill Counties; most of river’s course across Panhandle passes through gorge 500-800' below plateau; particularly in its lower reaches in OK, riverbed contains great amounts quicksand; this and deep gorge make river difficult to bridge; after crossing state line back into OK, Canadian River flows generally southeast to its mouth on Arkansas River, 20 miles east of Canadian in Haskell County, OK; Texas portion noted for archeological sites where extensive Pueblo Indian culture remains found; dammed to form Lake Meredith 40 miles northeast of Amarillo (near Sanford, Hutchinson County).
●Citadelle Art Foundation – 520 East Nelson Avenue; 806-323-8899; thecitadelle.org; wide range from private collection; make sure to listen to audiotour.

WHEELER COUNTY (includes Shamrock)ShamrockShopping
●U-Drop Inn & Tower Café – 1242 North Main Street; 806-256-2501; shamrockedc.org/u-drop-inn; also known as Tower Station; built in 1936 in Shamrock, Texas along Route 66 highway; inspired by image of nail stuck in soil, building designed by J.C. Berry; now place where can buy snacks & souvenirs.